Climate Strike: The Practical Politics of the Climate
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Climate change is a product of the entire social and economic system within which we exist, in a word, capitalism.
Challenging capitalism is essential to challenging climate change. We have difficult issues to consider:
• How can we promote political action to end capitalism, and do so quickly?
• How can individuals be mobilised to act?
• What can we do now, to at least slow rising emissions?
We need to build bases, as stepping-stones connected to a broader project creating capacity for a sustainable society.
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Derek’s well-argued case is that, ultimately, we need a post-capitalist ecosocialist society. From the most recent developments – XR Scotland’s Reflection Piece, and Left Unity’s recent adoption of an explicitly ecosocialist position, it seems that Derek clearly has his finger on the pulse of the environmental movement. This is most definitely a book to read, to discuss and – most of all – to act on. Left Unity
Contents: From Icy Puddles to a Burning Planet; Hothouse Earth; Another Green World; Green Parties and Climate Change; Trade Unions for Life on Earth; Extinction Rebellion; The Climate Accelerationists; The Unconscious, the Imaginary and the Real; Don’t Trust the State; Green Lenin, Green Machiavelli; Further Reading; Bibliography; Index.